Fairies have breasts long enough to throw over their shoulders

Motif

Fairies have breasts long enough to throw over their shoulders.

Marvels. · Marvelous creatures. · Fairies and elves. · Appearance of fairies. · view the constellation · filed as F232.2

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general *Fb "ellefolk" I 241b, "patte" II 791b.

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Filed under Body of fairy.

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Fairies have hollow backs Fairies with unusually large ears Fairies have long hair Fairies have hairy bodies Fairies as giants Elves have only half a thumb Fairy has long tail. (Cf. F460.1.5, F518.)

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Wood-nymph with breasts so long that she throws them over her shoulder. (Cf. F232.2, F460.1.2, G123.)Mountain-wife has breasts so long that she throws them over her shoulder. (Cf. F232.2, F441.2.1.2, F531.1.5.1, G123.)Remarkable breast. (Cf. F232.2, F441.2.1.2, F460.1.2, F531.1.5.1.)

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